Braces aren't just for teens. According to the American Association of Orthodontists, adults now make up one in five orthodontic patients.

Never punish your child for wetting the bed. Remind him, and yourself, that it's not his fault.

How to help your teen cope with the peer pressure to drink.

Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) is often treatable if it's detected early, with a simple screening test called Pulse oximetry.

There's a lot you can do to help your child keep learning all day long and it doesn't involve workbooks or writing letters over and over.

Younger generations of parents may have snubbed the clean-plate club for our kids and for ourselves, but are still guilty of conveying unhealthy messages about food.

With an increasing range of choices and seemingly endless options of baby gear online and in stores, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, buy more than you need and overspend. Keep in mind, though, that you can get good value and buy high-quality, safe products for your baby without bruising your bank account.

It's impossible to rid your home of every possible inhalant that a teenager can abuse. But there are ways you can help prevent abuse at your house.

Can you name someone who would help you in a pinch? Do you have a confidante? Answering yes puts you at lower risk for illness.

It's easy to feel confused about shots or fearful of them. Still, health experts say the risk of diseases far outweigh any danger of the vaccinations that prevent them.

Turning your child's summer into a safety zone is a matter of making a few precautionary tweaks.

Meet moms whose birth plans took a last-minute detour to a tunnel, a fire station, and other weird places.

Feeling anxious, tired, bloated? Notice changes in your skin or hair? These could be signs your thyroid is on the fritz.

To send your self-confidence soaring, set yourself up for incremental success.

Is Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, a hormone that's produced by the placenta during pregnancy, a way to change your shape or waste your money?

Sanity-saving tips on how to rebalance the balancing act.

Because so many of us are confused about how our hormones affect us on a daily basis, we asked top experts to demystify these fluctuations--and explain how you can use hormonal shifts to your advantage.

According to the USDA, less than half of teens fail to get the recommended amounts of calcium.

To help you sort through the confusion about feeding your infant, we rounded up top pediatricians and baby safety experts to answer some of your most burning baby food questions

A little butter, ice cream or a steak every once in a while is okay; everything in moderation. But to keep your ticker in top shape, you can't beat olive oil, flaxseed, walnuts, and fish.